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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedNo gain, just pain at CNNfn.
Broadcasting & Cable, August, 1999 by McAdams, Deborah D.
After distribution obstacles and staff defections, Turner net seeks digital answer Whoever replaces Lou Dobbs as head of CNNfn faces a daunting task. With only 12 million households and its best programs simulcast on CNN, its behemoth sibling at Turner Broadcasting System, CNNfn appears far from becoming a major basic player.
Add to that the defection of some high-profile talent and rival CNBC's 70-million-household lock on cable business news. Those things considered, CNNfn's future appears to be relegated to digital carriage, network officials concede. "We're looking at digital, and we're patient, and we're long-term players, and we're going to be there when that capacity opens up," said Steve Korn, CNN News Group vice chairman and chief...
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